Manuel Abe Burris, 52, was charged with seven counts of abandonment of animals, according to jail records. He was placed in the York County Detention Center and released Friday under $3,500 bond.

Deputies and animal control officers met on Dec. 30 with three neighbors at a home on the 3900 block of Hord Road, according to a sheriff’s report. A dog was fastened to a heavy log chain about 9 feet long connected to a tree in the front yard.

The dog had no shelter from the steady rain that was falling that day and was surrounded by a few inches of mud from days of rain before, deputies said. The animal had no place out of the mud to stand except for some boards provided by animal control officers, and there was also a “strong unpleasant odor” in the area.